X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: clinical and laboratory findings in 15 Brazilian patients

Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is an X-linked recessively inherited peroxisomal disorder, phenotypically heterogeneous, characterized by progressive white-matter demyelination of the central nervous system and adrenocortical insufficiency. We investigated 15 male X-ALD patients varying in age from 7 t...

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Main Authors: Carmen R. Vargas, Daniella de M. Coelho, Alethéa G. Barschak, Carolina F.M. de Souza, Ana C.S. Puga, Ida V.D. Schwartz, Laura Jardim, Roberto Giugliani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2000-06-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000200002